on $100k a year, leaving Omaha
changea dispatch from
grand rapids
MI
42.96°N
85.67°W
Grand Rapids has won Beer City USA multiple times, hosts ArtPrize (one of the world's largest open art competitions every fall), and built itself on furniture (Steelcase, Herman Miller). The Frederik Meijer Sculpture Park is a sleeper world-class attraction. Downtown is walkable, the surrounding farmland is gorgeous in autumn, and Lake Michigan beaches are 30 minutes west. Quietly excellent.
the verdict
more each month than Omaha ran you
Almost a wash on cost. The case for Grand Rapids is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,620/mo
15% more expensive than Omaha(vs $1,412/mo)
4.25%
$132/mo less in state tax than Omaha
vs 5.84% in Omaha
$6,359/mo
$76 less than Omaha
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$353k
15% more expensive than Omaha
vs $306k in Omaha
1.2M
vs 985k in Omaha
field notes, weather & such.
151
pleasant days a year, in grand rapids.
Omaha barely cracks 145 pleasant ones.
Comparable to Omaha for events and concerts.
56/100
6% higher than Omaha
vs 53/100 in Omaha
Closest outdoor draw: White Pine Trail State Park, 5.4 mi.
97/100
11% higher than Omaha
vs 87/100 in Omaha
20
5% more than Omaha
vs 19 nonstops in Omaha
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